These are twenty short films you shouldn’t miss at the Kaohsiung Film Festival, which is taking place until October 22, 2023 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

For this festival we also recommended 10 Feature films, to know more please go HERE

A Lullaby for Yellow Roses by Rahul Roye – India | 2023 – 18 minutes | Taiwan Premiere
A working-class migrant couple, after losing their daughter to an ill-fated destiny, seek friendship in each other. (KFF 2023)

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A Night with Moosina by Tsai Shiu-cheng – Taiwan | 2022 – 25 minutes
On a full moon night, a 10-year-old girl from a pig farming family in a remote village is lured by Moosina to a strange cave in the mountains, where she discovers the secret of why Moosina always plays dirty tricks on children. (KFF 2023)

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All Tomorrow’s Parties by Zhang Dalei – China | 2023 – 25 minutes
China after the 1990 Asian Games. The receptionist distributes limited tickets for the movie screening in a factory while a shy poet waits for someone. A gently told, nostalgic portrait from a woman’s perspective. (KFF 2023)

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Anu by Pulkit Arora – India, New Zealand | 2023 – 14 minutes | Taiwan Premiere
When a recent widow moves to New Zealand from India, she’s forced to confront her grief by completing an ordinary ritual in an extraordinary circumstance: quarantine. (KFF 2023)

Big Day by Chiang Chung-chieh – Taiwan | 2022 – 23 minutes
In the afternoon, a middle-aged married couple take a walk by the harbor and get into a fight when they meet an old acquaintance. On the way, they walk past the Mazu temple where he proposed to her, reminding them of how things used to be. (KFF 2023)

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Bride Stone by Guzel Duishenkulova – Kyrgyz Republic | 2023 – 16 minutes | Taiwan Premiere
A young daughter-in-law divorces her husband and on the same day receives an offer from her father-in-law, who scares her with the legend of “Kelin Tash”. A young daughter-in-law in despair goes to the Kelin Tash at night and destroys this stone load. (KFF 2023)

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Compound Eyes of Tropical by Zhang Xu Zhan – Taiwan | 2022 – 17 minutes
The film’s stop-motion animation puppets are made using Taiwan’s unique papermaking technique rooted in traditional funeral ceremonies. Through choreography in the style of the Taiwanese “yi zhen” folk dance, the film portrays the Southeast Asian folktale “The Mousedeer Crossing the River”. (KFF 2023)

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Cross My Heart and Hope to Die by Sam Manacsa – Philippines | 2023 – 18 minutes | Asian Premiere
Mila struggles as she remains unpaid at work and a love interest becomes a source of comfort through his constant phone calls. But a promise of hope may also lead to tragedy and sad love songs. (KFF 2023)

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Dancing Colors by M. Reza Fahriyansyah – Indonesia | 2022 – 15 minutes | Taiwan Premiere
To please his parents, Dika hides his true self by dancing it out. (KFF 2023)

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Hito by Stephen Lopez – Philippines | 2023 – 22 minutes | Taiwan Premiere
Between nuclear reactors and military curfews, 14-year-old Jani lives in a dystopian world oppressively devoid of empathy. Together, she and her slippery new friend Kiefer the talking catfish gear up to strike a surreal blow for freedom. (KFF 2023)

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For this festival we also recommended 10 Feature films, to know more please go HERE

For more information, please visit: https://www.kff.tw/en